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Grass not growing much.......but we still have to make a living!

I have a street near me with 6 regular lawn mowing customers in it.

5 have been cut each fortnight but one has turned my workers away the last two times, stating that the lawn does not need doing.

The grass is not really growing much, as we have not ha

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Books

morning all hope everyone’s doing well on this wet Wednesday...can anyone recommend some good books on lawn care preferably with a good bit of technical detail about scarifying, fertilisers an the like. 

 

Cheers 

chris. 

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Turf

Evening. A question for lawns guys in Huddersfield area.

a mate is wanting rid of an existing lawn and replaced with new turf, from pics I've seen it needs spraying off, rotavating and raking level etc and new turf laid, what is the general rate per m

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Rolawn vs Tillers Turf

i've currently got options on both Rolawn Medallian or Tillers Arena for a sizeable turfing job.

I've always used Rolawn when i was based in the South East. Very consistent turf in my view and good for domestic clients.

Never used Tillers but have seen

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Lovely surprise

Our customers send us the lovieliest messages and occasionally the odd treat...not sure I'd say this was a treat ! Monday morning  ID - still alive and wriggling  - goes down nicely with a cup of tea!...

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Tickets required for commercial landscaping

We have had an enquiry from one of the main contractors we do work for, they want us to construct a maintenance package including grass cutting and strimming. Are there any additional tickets we will require, at the moment majority of our work is har

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Turf - North West area

I recently carried out my first turfig job of the year and was alarmed at the quality of turf.

Ive always used the same supplier who generally sources his turf from York. Apparently they have restricted their turf supplies at the moment as they simply

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Shade tolerant grass seed

Bit of a general question although I do have a couple of sites in mind, and sorry if it seems like a a bit of a daft question. But, how shady does it have to be to really benefit from shade specific grass seed ? ie dense shade, dappled, shady 50% of

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Turf shortages.....

Down in the southeast there appears to be a shortage ( at at least limited supplies ) of Turf available for Spring laying.

Reasons being stated for shortages relate to several combined weather events during the current growing period ( going back to

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Aeration- frequency??

Happy New Year everyone!

If time and money was no issue- how many times per year would you look to Hollow tine and/or Solid tine aerate? I appreciate it depends on the conditions of the lawn...

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Damage to lawns caused by badgers

Hi

So as the title suggests, some of the lawns on a commercial site we manage have come under attack from badgers/crows.In a relatively short space of time they have made quite a mess and I'm trying to put together a bit of a plan in terms of managing

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Average NPK for lawns per year?

Hi all,

What would be the benchmark figure for kg/ha per year for NPK for lawns? I've heard different figures even though I'm sure there must be an average sum so that you can base Lawn Care programmes on it!?

Thank you in advance

Jonny

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Eliet lawn scarifiers

Morning.

Has anyone any experience on the eliet scarifiers with the the Briggs and Stratton engines, looking at the 400 instead of the 500 with Honda engine, price being the main reason.

Thanks

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Autumn Pet friendly Lawn Treatment

Looking for a pet friendly Autumn Weed and Feed treatment for a new customer. Its a very large ex farmhouse and any reommends from this one could open the door to really nice gardens for the future any advice would be much appreciared

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What happens with artificial turf at end-of-life?

A #ThursdayThought ;

With focus on plastic’s recycling, what happens to all the artificial turf when it goes out of fashion or degrades ?

Will distributors offer a return-to-base recycling service ?

Should we ask before buying ?

We’ve had ethical sto

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Mulching Mower

Hello I have been using a Stiga mulcher all summer and it has been a godsend. I am considering using it all year round as it saves a lot of time not having to empty grass bags etc. it also has benefits for the lawns. Does anyone have any knowledge of

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